Baja VIP --also job ID; security ID; death ID; health care ID
Ed: The following are prototype chips; NOT the 666 MOB"Not all of the tags are for top-notch security
installations. Don't want to stand in line or carry credit
cards or cash? Well, as a VIP customer,
you can go to the Baja Beach Club in Barcelona and just
walk right in, get drinks and leave your wallet, or purse, at
home. Want more secure access to a secure area in your
company? Well, a former attorney general of Mexico, Rafael Macedo
de la Concha, along with his employees, received the chip and
upon authorization when passing by an RFID reader that scanned
their implants, they were allowed to pass through the door to the
more secure room. No key or password needed. Another use was the
implantation of the chip in the corpses of the victims after the
Asian tsunami. There were also plans to embed the chips in
cadavers and their respective body parts to
quell the illicit trafficking in human remains

RISKS
As you can guess, there are concerns about the Verichip,
including from the FDA, which expressed the following risks:adverse tissue reaction; migration of implanted
transponder; compromised information security; failure of
implanted transponder; failure of inserter; failure of electronic
scanner; electromagnetic interference; electrical hazards;
magnetic resonance imaging incompatibility; and needle stick.
Ouch!Interestingly enough some suggest that the implant isn't
planted deep enough. They want to make it
almost impossible to remove without major surgery.

Orwellian databases -- environmentally placed rfid ---
ubiquitous, everywhere"What I believe is interesting about these chips and
other devices will be their ability to talk to each other, in
real time, via the Web. There are predictions that intelligent
objects will be able to do things based upon information from web
cameras and RFID tags that can store and transmit
information about the objects, the
environment, and yes, us. Of course, an
infrastructure will be needed for these objects, but that's
probably possible based on today's technological developments. Of
course, there are valid concerns about the transmission of any
sensitive information via the Web and these concerns become very
intense when discussing such personal information that might
involve ones enhancements, which will connect us to the Web
in a very intimate way. There are many uses for RFID tags, and
many that have been deemed controversial.

While recognizing the benefits of RFID, we all must
consider fully the implications for personal data protection and
security. There are already voiced concerns about the
ability of RFID to track people, gather information about their
purchasing habits, moral and ethical implications
about implants and the compromise of personal security. http://www.examiner.com/x-2938-Atlanta-Web-Examiner~y2009m3d7-The-Enhanced-You

Banks to track Cash
-- FSTC Financial Services Technology Consortium
[Ed: This story came out at about the time of IndyMac Bank
failure in Pasadena , CA ] "Tomorrow, the Financial Services Technology
Consortium (FSTC) hopes you'll use similar technology in work to
track your laptop, important documents, or cash moving
from your vault to another bankAt the request of some of the countries biggest banks,
FSTC today announced plans to create a universally compatible
tagging system within the banking industry."We're reaching out to the industry and asking them
to help. No matter if you're a small community bank or a Citi, we
want everyone to participate." The group
expects to recommend a preferred technology standard
for interoperability by year's end [ Dec 2008 ] .http://www.banktech.com/aml/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1UR32CNPV4HCKQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=208803189&cid=RSSfeed_BankTech_News

Implanted under the skin for the military and illegal
immigrantsTheyre circling like vultures for any opportunity to
get into our flesh, McIntyre said. Theyll start
with people who cant say no, like the elderly, sex
offenders, immigrants and the military. Then theyll come
knocking on our doors. [ Liz McIntyre
]